breather

breather
Synonyms and related words:
athletics, blow, break, breath, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time, calisthenics, cigarette break, cocktail hour, coffee break, constitutional, daily dozen, downtime, drill, enforced respite, exercise, exercising, gymnastic exercises, gymnastics, halt, happy hour, interlude, intermission, isometrics, letup, lull, pause, physical education, physical jerks, practice, recess, respite, rest, setting-up exercises, spell, stay, stretch, surcease, suspension, tea break, ten, time out, workout, yoga

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  • Breather — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Un breather (habitualmente sin traducción) es una solución a un determinado sistema no lineal (bien a un sistema con muchos grados de libertad, o bien a un sistema continuo), consistente en una onda que concentra su… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Breather — Breath er, n. 1. One who breathes. Hence: (a) One who lives. (b) One who utters. (c) One who animates or inspires. [1913 Webster] 2. That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 3. a pause to catch one s breath …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • breather — [brē′thər] n. 1. a) one who breathes in a certain way [a mouth breather] b) Slang one who telephones another person and then breathes audibly instead of talking 2. a small vent, as for the release of moisture from an enclosed space 3. Informal a) …   English World dictionary

  • breather — index lull, pause Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • breather — c.1600, a living creature, one who breathes, agent noun from BREATHE (Cf. breathe). Meaning spell of exercise to stimulate breathing is from 1836; that of a rest to recover breath is from 1901 …   Etymology dictionary

  • breather — ► NOUN informal ▪ a brief pause for rest …   English terms dictionary

  • Breather — A breather is a nonlinear wave in which energy concentrates in a localized and oscillatory fashion. This contradicts with the expectations derived from the corresponding linear system for infinitesimal amplitudes, which tends towards an even… …   Wikipedia

  • breather — A vent in the crankcase for relieving internal pressure or admitting air. Also see crankcase breather oil breather pipe oil breather …   Dictionary of automotive terms

  • breather — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, quick, short ▪ occasional VERB + BREATHER ▪ have, stop for, take …   Collocations dictionary

  • breather — n. rest to have (BE), take a breather * * * [ briːðə] take a breather [ rest ] to have (BE) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • breather — breath|er [ˈbri:ðə US ər] n have/take a breather informal to stop what you are doing for a short time in order to rest, especially when you are exercising →↑heavy breather …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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